Otto Carius | |
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 Studio portrait of Otto Carius, 1944 | |
| Born | 27 May 1922 Zweibrücken, Weimar Republic |
| Died | 24 January 2015 (aged 92) Herschweiler-Pettersheim, Germany |
| Allegiance |  Nazi Germany |
| Service/ | Army |
| Years of service | 1940–45 |
| Rank |  Oberleutnant |
| Unit | 502nd Heavy Panzer Battalion 512th Heavy Panzerjäger Battalion |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |
| Other work | Pharmacist |
Otto Carius (27 May 1922 – 24 January 2015) was a German tank commander in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He fought on the Eastern Front in 1943 and 1944 and on the Western Front in 1945. Carius is considered a "panzer ace", some sources credited him with destroying more than 150 enemy tanks, although Carius, in an interview claims he had around 100 kills or less. This was also due to the fact that he did not count kills as a commander, and rather only as a gunner. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.